Several prominent Bible scholars are concluding that Paul’s theology has been misunderstood and wrongly interpreted through the lens of western Protestant theology, which began with Luther and Calvin. On Sundays, November 3 and 10, LPC Pastor Jim Butler will explore the recent research and conclusions of James Tabor on Paul, who called himself the “Apostle to the Gentiles.” Tabor is a scholar of biblical Greek and first century middle eastern religion whose doctoral thesis at the University of Chicago focused on Paul’s mystical experiences. He argues that popular evangelical “end times rapture” theology is a misinterpretation of Paul’s actual teaching that “Christ Jesus,” the “first-born from the dead,” would return (in Paul’s lifetime) and rule a transformed earthly kingdom with a new genus of glorified humans who would be “changed in the twinkling of an eye…”